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Poweful enough to tow a water skier, this radical new breed is a ground breaking testimony to HSA Technology. Aquada was developed & produced by Gibbs Technologies UK, but is a ‘proof of concept’ vehicle only & is no longer in production. A small number of vehicles have been made available for sale to collectors. Contact us for more ...
This one has a 292 cubic inch V8 from 1956 rated at 200 HP. This engine is said to be freshly rebuilt and it drives with a rebuilt Cruise-O-Matic three-speed automatic. It’s $28,000 from the seller in Seattle, Washington with 60,000 miles.
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Aug 13, 2021 · Gibbs Aquada Back in 2004, the Gibbs Aquada, piloted by Richard Branson, set the record for the fastest English Channel crossing by an amphibious vehicle with an official time of one hour,...
2004 GIBBS Aquada High Speed Amphibian. For Sale. 6,122 Miles. 2004. Dealer. Netherlands. This advert has now been removed through sale or otherwise. Please see the list below for similar live adverts.
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Launched at the 1961 New York Auto Show, the Amphicar Model 770 was the brainchild of Hans Trippel, whose previous claim to fame was the gullwing doors on the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL. Developed by the Quandt Group in West Germany, the Amphicar was the first attempt to mass produce an amphibious vehicle and sell it to the public. The Model 770 used the...
In the mid-1980s, German oil and gas pipeline supplier Rheinauer Maschinen-und Armaturenbau was laying pipe in some pretty inaccessible places around the world. Rather than spending money on building roads and bridges, the company decided to build a vehicle that would require neither. The Amphi-Ranger was born in 1985. With four-wheel-drive and dec...
Tim Dutton-Wooley was Britain’s most successful kit car manufacturer. Through the late 1960s and 1970s, garages and driveways across the U.K. were filled with half-built Lotus Sevenlookalikes and curious plastic-bodied coupes. In 1989, Dutton decided it was time to do something different. Very different. The Mariner took the running gear of a Ford ...
The Hobbycar made quite a splash at the 1992 Paris Motor Show (along with the Ferrari 456 GT and E36 BMW M3). Francois Wardavoir’s jet ski with wheels was a nifty concept, with a centrally-mounted Peugeot diesel engine providing all-wheel drive on land and thrust for twin water-jets in the wet stuff. It used Citroën hydropneumatic suspension for a ...
The clue is in the name. New Zealand’s Gibbs High Speed Amphibiansare some of the fastest machines on land and water thanks to their ingenious retractable wheel system. Simply drive into the water, push a button, and five seconds later the wheels are up and it’s full steam ahead. In 2003, the Rover V-6-powered Aquada was the first vehicle to top 10...
California’s Watercarclaims to be builders of “The Most Fun Vehicle on the Planet.” With a Guinness World Records-recognized 127 mph top speed on land and 60 mph across the water, that sounds like a fair statement. Like the Gibbs machines, the Watercar Panther retracts its wheels for watersports. Propulsion comes from a 3.7-liter Honda VTEC V-6 mou...
Jan 14, 2022 · GIBBs Aquada (Original list price: $85,000 /USD Value in 2022: $250,000 ) Approximately 4,000 units produced. GIBBs Aquada in red. GIBBs Aquada in yellow. GIBBs Aquada in black. The Gibbs Aquada is the World’s very first High-Speed Amphibious car, capable of over 100mph (160km) on land and over 30mph (48km) on water.
Poweful enough to tow a water skier, this radical new breed is a ground breaking testimony to HSA Technology. Aquada was developed & produced by Gibbs Technologies UK, but is a ‘proof of concept’ vehicle only & is no longer in production. A small number of vehicles have been made available for sale to collectors.
